15 Copenhagen Restaurants With English Menus: A 2026 Visitor's Guide
Fifteen real Copenhagen restaurants, checked for a working English menu, current hours and open status in 2026.
TL;DR
Fifteen Copenhagen restaurants confirmed to serve English menus in 2026, from Schønnemann's century-old smørrebrød to Kiin Kiin's Thai tasting courses. Pick the food first: Aamanns 1921 for open sandwiches, Mother for wood-fired pizza, Llama for a shared table. For a focused ramen bowl, Slurp Borgergade is the walk-in answer.
Every restaurant below was checked live for a working English menu link, current hours and open status; none of it replaces checking the same page again on the day you travel.
Updated 2 October 2026
Fifteen English-menu choices, checked live for 2026
Standing outside a restaurant is a poor time to discover the menu makes no sense to you. A translated menu link proves what the kitchen calls a dish, not whether smørrebrød, ramen, Thai curry or a shared table suits tonight.
Start with the meal you actually want, not the translation problem. Match the neighbourhood and the service format to the rest of your day, then follow each restaurant's own menu link and check it again before you go.
| Restaurant | Neighbourhood | Food direction | Ordering or service format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aamanns 1921 | Indre By | Modern smørrebrød | Lunch choices or a longer dinner menu |
| Ayuttaya | Nørrebro | Thai curries and noodles | À la carte with protein choices |
| Barr | Christianshavn | North Sea and Austrian-leaning cooking | Individual smørrebrød at lunch, à la carte or set dinner |
| Donna | Vesterbro | Italian à la carte | Small dishes and pasta to mix across the table |
| Gasoline Grill | Central Copenhagen locations | Burgers | Counter-style single-item decision |
| Kiin Kiin | Nørrebro | Modern Thai tasting menu | Fixed multi-course sequence |
| Kødbyens Fiskebar | Vesterbro, Kødbyen | Seafood and oysters | À la carte, oysters served all day |
| Llama | Indre By | Latin American sharing plates | Shared plates for a social table |
| Mother | Vesterbro, Kødbyen | Neapolitan wood-fired pizza | Direct pizza order, lunch or dinner |
| Schønnemann | Indre By | Traditional Danish smørrebrød since 1877 | Lunch-only à la carte |
| Silo (HØI) | Nordhavn | Danish open sandwiches | Lunch-only à la carte, harbour-tower room |
| Slurp Borgergade | Indre By, Borgergade 16 | Ramen | Walk in and order a focused bowl |
| Superbon | Vesterbro, Kødbyen | Asian sharing plates | Bao, crab and grilled dishes for the table |
| The Union Kitchen | Indre By | International all-day menu | À la carte, brunch through dinner |
| Vækst | Indre By | Vegetable-led Nordic tasting menu | Structured meal with fish or meat choices |
Start with a Danish lunch, fast or unhurried
Aamanns 1921: In Indre By, its beetroot smørrebrød combines Vesterhavs cheese, buckwheat and tarragon. Choose it when the point of lunch is tasting a contemporary Danish open sandwich rather than finding the shortest possible menu.
Schønnemann: A few streets over, Schønnemann has served smørrebrød since 1877, and its English menu names Jørgens syltede sild, a pickled herring plate, among dozens of others. It runs lunch hours only, 11:30 to 17:00, so it is a midday stop rather than a dinner option.
Silo, HØI: On the 17th floor of Nordhavn's Silo tower, the HØI lunch room serves the same open-sandwich format with a harbour view instead of a shopfront window. Its English menu runs Monday to Saturday only, so a Sunday visitor should plan for one of the other lunch rooms here instead.
Choose one dish you already understand
Gasoline Grill: The Original Burger uses organic beef ground in house each day, dressed with lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles. Choose it when speed and a single clear order matter more than table service or a broad menu.
Mother: In the Meatpacking District, Mother's wood-fired Margherita runs on the same organic sourdough base every day of the week, including a 100-kroner weekday lunch window. It is the direct pizza order among this list's Italian rooms, and the only one open on Sunday.
Donna: In Vesterbro, the arancini combine tomato, mozzarella and Parmesan. Donna makes more sense when an Italian meal should leave room for several dishes rather than stop at pizza.
The Union Kitchen: Near Kongens Nytorv, its English city menu runs from a croque madame to a hot honey fried chicken burger, served from early morning into the evening, seven days a week. It is the option when the table wants brunch-style food at dinner hours.
A seafood or composed Nordic dinner
Barr: On Christianshavn, Barr's Wiener Art schnitzel uses free-range pork and a butter sauce with anchovies. It is the richer choice here, with a plate whose central idea is easy to understand before you arrive.
Kødbyens Fiskebar: In the Meatpacking District, Kødbyens Fiskebar keeps oysters, sourced from France, on the menu all day alongside a North Sea halibut. Its English site lists lunch from 11:30 and dinner from 17:30, seven days a week, a seafood-led alternative to the pizza and pasta rooms nearby.
Vækst: In Indre By, salted scallops come with green strawberries and smoked blue mussels, served inside what the restaurant calls Copenhagen's own greenhouse. The menu suits a visitor who wants Nordic produce but still wants clear fish and meat choices.
Share the table or follow a tasting menu
Llama: In Indre By, its Taco de Carnitas combines braised pork, avocado, salsa roja and coriander. The sharing format is a strong fit when the table wants to move between tacos and grilled dishes rather than order one plate each.
Superbon: In the Meatpacking District, soft-shell crab comes with green papaya and lemongrass sauce. Choose it when bao, seafood and grilled dishes should all be available to the same table.
Kiin Kiin: In Nørrebro, Kiin Kiin's English menu runs a fixed Thai tasting sequence that has included a yellow crab curry with homemade rice noodles. It suits a table that wants a guided course order instead of choosing dishes individually. Unlike most of these restaurants, it is a booked evening rather than a walk-in: dinner starts at 17:30, the latest reservation is 20:00, and it closes on Sundays.
Ayuttaya: In Nørrebro at Griffenfeldsgade 39, its green curry comes with vegetables and a choice of pork, beef or chicken. That makes the central flavour and protein decision clear without narrowing the menu to one speciality.
Why choose Slurp Borgergade for an English-menu meal?
Slurp Borgergade: At Slurp Borgergade, we serve shoyu ramen with chicken broth, chashu, tamago, spring onions, mushroom paste, chard and garden sorrel. The concise menu suits a visitor who has already decided that ramen is the meal.
Slurp Borgergade is at Borgergade 16 in the city centre, open 11:30 to 15:00 and 17:00 to 22:00 every day. At Slurp Borgergade, we do not take reservations, so choose this room when a focused walk-in bowl is the point, not only the English menu.
Make the final choice in 3 steps
- Choose the food. Decide whether the meal should centre on ramen, smørrebrød, seafood, curry, pizza or sharing plates.
- Choose the area and format. Decide whether Indre By, Christianshavn, Vesterbro, Nørrebro or Nordhavn fits the rest of your day, then choose between a bowl, a single burger, a set menu or shared dishes.
- Recheck the menu. Seasonal dishes and hours change, so open the restaurant's own menu again before leaving.
For a first meal with minimal language friction, start with the food you genuinely want. At Slurp Borgergade, we are the ramen recommendation; Aamanns 1921 is the smørrebrød choice, Llama suits a social sharing dinner and Vækst fits a longer Nordic experience. The English menu should confirm the choice, not make it for you.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Gasoline Grill keeps the burger decision narrow, Mother makes pizza straightforward, and Slurp Borgergade offers a concise ramen menu. Pick among them by appetite rather than menu length alone.
No. Use the linked menu to choose before arriving, then ask which menu format is available in the room.
Yes. At Slurp Borgergade, we do not take reservations, although a wait is possible when the room is busy.
Kiin Kiin's dinner reservations run from 17:30, with the latest reservation accepted at 20:00, and the restaurant is closed on Sundays.
